Grassroots Official Helps Lift Tibetan Herdsmen out of Poverty

Aerial photo shows Gangcha Village, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Northwest China's Gansu Province. With an average elevation of over 3,000 meters, the village is a pastoral settlement in Gansu. [Xinhua/Du Zheyu]

Zhuomaji has worked as head of the village-stationed working team in Gangcha Village, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Northwest China's Gansu Province, since 2018. 

Spending more than 200 days on the grassland annually, she has launched a series of poverty alleviation workshops to develop characteristic industries and boost employment for locals. 

Responding to a "no garbage" initiative, Zhuomaji launched a "toilet revolution" and courtyard environment evaluation, greatly improving the environment of the village. She also invited doctors from the county to give health lectures to villagers and conduct free screening of cervical and breast 
cancers for female villagers.

Gangcha has become a beautiful environment-friendly village and fulfilled its poverty-alleviation 
goal ahead of schedule. 

When asked about her wish, Zhuomaji said, "We will continue to make the grassland and the people here more beautiful." 

Zhuomaji (2nd, L) inspects the products in a poverty alleviation workshop of Gangcha Village, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Northwest China's Gansu Province, on July 23. [Xinhua/Du Zheyu]

Zhuomaji (L) checks the tap water in a resettlement site in Gangcha Village, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Northwest China's Gansu Province, on July 23. [Xinhua/Du Zheyu]

Zhuomaji (R) talks with a worker in a poverty alleviation workshop of the Gangcha Village, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Northwest China's Gansu Province, on July 23. [Xinhua/Du Zheyu]

Zhuomaji (R) discusses garment designs with the manager of a poverty alleviation workshop of Gangcha Village, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Northwest China's Gansu Province, on July 23. [Xinhua/Du Zheyu]

Zhuomaji (L) checks villagers' health records with a doctor at Sanke Township Health Center in Xiahe County, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Northwest China's Gansu Province, on July 24. [Xinhua/Du Zheyu]

Zhuomaji (L) learns about the life of a villager's family in the resettlement site on July 23. [Xinhua/Du Zheyu]

Zhuomaji (2nd, L) and two village-stationed officials learn about the production and living conditions of a villager on July 23. [Xinhua/Du Zheyu]

Zhuomaji (L) explains the new policy on poverty relief to a villager in Gangcha Village, Gannan Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Northwest China's Gansu Province, on July 23. [Xinhua/Du Zheyu]

Upper: The original appearance of the road before the greening project of Gangcha Village [Xinhua] Lower: Zhuomaji (R) and two village-stationed officials inspect the greening project, in a bid to plan the next step, on July 23. [Xinhua/Du Zheyu]

Aerial photo shows the beautiful scenery of Gangcha Village on July 24. [Xinhua/Du Zheyu]

(Source: Xinhua/Translated and edited by Women of China)